Month: August 2017

I was in Washington Square Park early this morning to look for the Hawks. I spent a little over two hours looking for them in the park and several blocks north and east of the park to no avail. I saw no Hawks. Neither did a fellow Hawk-watcher when I was a few blocks away.

I was on the largest northwestern lawn when all of a sudden I noticed I had a dramatically increased view of the sky in one area. The park trees have been getting pruned by arborists over the last several days so at first I thought the view was due to pruning when all of a sudden I realized an entire huge tree had been removed! This heap was located near where the tree once stood:

Continue to the full post… “Washington Square tree update, expanded Hawk search – August 16th, 2017”

A couple of fellow Hawk-watchers and I call the time in late morning/early afternoon “The Witching Hour” as it’s the time the Hawks routinely leave the park grounds (especially in summer) for other adventures.

I wasn’t able to get to the park until the dreaded Witching Hour today and sure enough I did not see the Hawks in or around the park. I arrived at the park on the cusp so I took the risk and lost the gamble.

Discarded NYU butterfly display case on Greene Street:

Continue to the full post… ““Witching Hour” with the Washington Square Park Hawks – August 13th, 2017″

A construction crew outside my building woke me very early this morning so I took the opportunity to Hawk in Washington Square Park. I arrived not long after the sun’s rays rose over our multi-story horizon.

Below is a view of Sadie’s Cardozo Law building roof perch featured in this previous post.

The park arch is in the foreground and the One Fifth Avenue apartment building is on the right:

Continue to the full post… “Early morning Hawking with Bobby and Sadie – August 11th, 2017”